the republic. That ruler was Julius Caesar. Born Gaius Julius Caesar on July 13, 100 B.C.,

he was the son of a patri- cian family. His father was also named Gaius Julius Caesar. His

mother was Aurelia, who was part of the Aurelii family, an important Roman family. Julius

Caesar was raised to be in the military, because his father was a general and gave Julius

the desire to follow in his footsteps. Julius was only fifteen years old when his father died,

but he already had a lot of military experience. In 84 B.C., Caesar married Cornelia, the

daughter of his father's friend and partner, Lucius Cornelius Cinna. Because she was so

young, Caesar was ordered to divorce her, but he refused, and in order to keep him from

harm he was sent to get a fleet of ships from a Roman ally, Nicomedes IV of Bithynia.

When Caesar was about twenty-four years old, he left Rome to study oratory in Rhodes,

Greece. He was captured by pirates when he was on his way to Rhodes,, but was released

after obtaining a ransom. Caesar vowed revenge, and gathered troops together to go after

the pirates. He captured them in 75 B.C. and had them executed. After ret

Gaul and the fact that Pompey blamed Caesar for Julia's death, caused the two to become

the ages." Bibliography "Caesar, Gaius Julius", p.470-471. The Collegiate Encyclopedia

powers. His wife Cornelia died in 69 B.C. and he married Pompeia in 68 B.C., a

morals, awarded tribunician sacrosanctity, and finally appointed dictator for life in 44 B.C.

today), and enlarging the Senate. He reduced debts, revised the tax structure, and

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